Pressure ulcers – risk assessement and prevention

Maciej Sopata; Elżbieta Tomaszewska; Anna Głowacka

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Pielęgniarstwo Chirurgiczne i Angiologiczne/Surgical and Vascular Nursing

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Pressure ulcers – risk assessement and prevention

Maciej Sopata

,

Elżbieta Tomaszewska

,

Anna Głowacka

Pielęgniarstwo Chirurgiczne i Angiologiczne 2007; 4: 165–169

Online publish date: 2007/11/29

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Pressure ulcers are a serious problem in chronic immobile patients. They are very often a cause of additional complications and serious costs.
The assessment of risk factors and proper prophylactics play the key role in the battle with this complications.
In this paper we present basic knowledge concerning the risk assessment of pressure ulcer formation and modern methods of prevention.

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Pressure ulcers – risk assessement and prevention

Maciej Sopata , Elżbieta Tomaszewska , Anna Głowacka

pressure ulcers, risk assessment, prevention

Maciej Sopata

,

Elżbieta Tomaszewska

,

Anna Głowacka